At any time during tutor authoring, you can test the behavior of your Example-tracing tutor. To do so, make sure the Tutor Type is set to Example-tracing Tutor and Author Mode is Test Tutor (see Figure 2.9, “Tutor Type and Author Mode for testing an Example-tracing Tutor” below).

Figure 2.9. Tutor Type and Author Mode for testing an Example-tracing Tutor

In this mode, you can use the tutor, playing the role of a student attempting to solve a problem. Feedback, hints, and other messages will be enabled.

To jump to a state of the problem—partially solved, for example—click a node in the behavior graph. The student interface will update to reflect that state. You can then continue testing the tutor from that state.

To reset the problem, click on the start state of the behavior graph (the first node in the graph).

Changing the tutor's feedback and hint messages can be done while in Test Tutor mode. To demonstrate new behavior for the problem, you will need to switch to Demonstrate mode